{"type":"article","show_header_text":false,"header":"ARTICLES ABOUT BRIAN HIGGINS","query":"(per=\"HIGGINS, BRIAN\" and (body=\"representative\" or body=\"congress\")) and hdl!=\"cher\" and tom!=\"Caption\" and tom!=\"Correction\" and tom!=\"List\" and tom!=\"Paid Death Notice\" and dsk!=\"Society\"","search_query":"(persons:\"HIGGINS, BRIAN\" AND (body:\"representative\" OR body:\"congress\")) AND -headline:\"cher\" AND -type_of_material:\"Caption\" AND -type_of_material:\"Correction\" AND -type_of_material:\"List\" AND -type_of_material:\"Paid Death Notice\" AND -news_desk:\"Society\"","num_search_articles":"15","show_summary":true,"show_byline":true,"show_pub_date":true,"hide_thumbnails":false,"show_kicker":false,"show_title":false,"show_related_topics":true,"show_rad_links":true,"show_subtopics":true,"exclude_topics":"HIGGINS, BRIAN","more_on_header":"MORE ON BRIAN HIGGINS AND:","alternate_index_subidx":"","show_thumbnails":true}

A lengthy and hard-fought Congressional race in western New York came to an end last night, when Nancy Naples, the Erie County comptroller and Republican candidate, conceded to Assemblyman Brian Higgins, the Democratic candidate.

By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ; Alison Leigh Cowan, in Westport, Conn., and Avi Salzman, in New London, contributed reporting for this article

Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut beat back a ferocious challenge yesterday by his Democratic opponent after one of the most bitter and closely watched Congressional campaigns in the New York City region. With 44 percent of the...